[Findings](/findings/index.md) / UX-031

# "You pay the price" reads as a warning

Open · low severity · failure · newsroom.sgit.ai

## What we saw

The caption under the usefulness scale reads "You pay the price".

## Why it matters

The feature (your rating sets what the page costs you) is a benefit; the wording makes it a threat.

## The fix

"Your rating sets what this page costs you".

## The record

| | |
| --- | --- |
| **Status** | Open |
| **Severity** | Low |
| **Kind** | Failure: works against the reader |
| **Product** | [newsroom.sgit.ai](/findings/?product=newsroom.sgit.ai), site |
| **Where** | <https://newsroom.sgit.ai/articles/> |
| **Problems** | [Alarming wording](/findings/?problem=alarming-wording) |
| **Visibility** | [Subtle](/findings/?visibility=subtle): felt more than seen: it costs attention or trust, but is not noticed as a bug |
| **Recommendation** | [Say what it is](/findings/?recommendation=say-what-it-is): label it, in the reader's terms, at the moment it matters |
| **Area** | [Money](/findings/?area=money) |
| **Breaks** | [Label the money, and never surprise with a charge](/principles/index.md#label-the-money) |
| **Observed** | 2026-10-11, v0.6.4 |
| **Last checked** | 2026-10-11, v0.7.1 |
| **Source** | [Review: article page and feedback](/reviews/newsroom-2026-10-11.md#article-page-and-feedback) |
| **Prototype** | [Article & reader primitives](/lab/index.md#newsroom-proto-article), route `feedback`, in three directions |

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